It’s 1921 and gun moll Alice has run away from her life in New York, carrying very little with her apart from a bullet wound, and finds herself a guest at The Paragon Hotel, a black hotel in Portland, OR. Faye explores the racial tensions of Oregon at the beginning of the 20th century, starting …
Bianca Marais has knocked it out of the park again with her new novel If You Want to Make God Laugh. Taking place in South Africa from the day Nelson Mandela is elected onward, following three very different women as they deal with the changing world around them. Race and class are explored, as well as tensions that came from the ending …
In The Storyteller, German-Lebanese author Pierre Jarawan has created a work of art that explores the importance of family and nationality in the creation of an identity. Jarawan fills the book with stories of the Lebanese civil war, teaching the history of the country and the event without making it feel like you are learning anything …
Holy crap this book is amazing! I can’t handle the book hangover I am currently experiencing. Hamlet meets drag queens who are also incredibly teenage thieves. What more could you want? Margo Manning is a rich, LA socialite with a secret. In her spare time, she dresses up in drag with a group of her …
This debut novel by Dutch author Jaap Robben is absolutely beautiful. Robben is a poet and children’s book author and you can see the influence of both of those writing styles in the books, His writing is poetic yet sparse. You Have Me to Love tells the story of a young boy, Mikael, as he grows up …
I wanted to like this book so much. In fact, my co-worker, when I told her I didn’t like it said, “What? But it seemed right up your alley!” Monstrous Devices is a cool concept but the book is a bit of a mess. There is too much going on and none of it gets fully realized. …
This intense graphic novel reads like an indie movie. The focus of the novel is on the dialogue rather than the art, which is unlike any graphic novel I have read before. Drnaso explores grief as well as the toxicity of the internet and fear-mongering. I felt so deeply for each of the characters. This …
I ignored people telling me to read this for WAY too long! So don’t make the same mistake I did! Pick this up immediately! In Greg’s Chicago, there is an underground world filled with Dwarfs and Elves! But Greg doesn’t know that. All he knows is that he has one best friend and a dad …
I requested this at the library after seeing it on a bunch of lists, which I don’t usually do because I have so much other stuff to read that I already own. But I am so glad that I did. Scream All Night is a completely unique concept, pulling the reader into the bizarre world …
This book is so adorable (and steamy, if that’s what you’re looking for). Stella Lane is an econometrician who has Autism. After a comment from a co-worker who she might have a crush on, Stella realizes that she doesn’t know how to be in a relationship. So she hires Michael, a super attractive escort, to …
Nemesis left me hanging and so I inhaled Genesis. And this book is so much more intense than I ever imagined it could be. I love this series. Set in our real world, Reichs messes with the reality around us and speculates a way in which the world could survive a horrible disaster. If you haven’t read the …
This short novel sure packs a punch. It took me about 20 pages to relax into the writing style as it is very unique but once I was there, I was fully absorbed into this book. Tin Man tells the story of different kinds of love, whether it be romantic or just friendly. The three main characters …
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